A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.

If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.

What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather the task of the designer is to give visual access to the subtle and the difficult - that is, revelation of the complex.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information.